conic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of conic
1560–70; < Greek kōnikós, equivalent to kôn ( os ) cone + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Using these photographs, they determined the prevalence of bent morphs, as well as their relative size compared to conic morphs.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023
Objective 2: Identify conic sections by their equations.
From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020
To identify a conic from its equation, it is easier if we put the variable terms on one side of the equation and the constants on the other.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
Again our goal is to connect the geometry of a conic with algebra.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
They never worried about whether the diagonal of a square was rational or irrational, nor did they investigate the conic sections as Archimedes had.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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